[EphelDuath666]

had a false gas leak alarm in my house yesterday with firefighters and cops and everything and then a little after that cops pulled over a car with some pretty nasty looking folks in it right at my house. Shit's going down in my hood. *makes really shitty beatbox sounds*

Shit like that in my street would have all the curtains twitching; it's so fiercely tame with elderly people and young professionals working in the city buying up all the old council-owned properties. But saying that, we used to have a pub. That the notriously neo-Nazi punk rock band, Skrewdriver would play in. And someone might have been shot and hacked up with a chainsaw in there then dumped in a river down the road. We don't have a pub anymore.

[swervedriver]

the notriously neo-Nazi punk rock band, Skrewdriver

I briefly misread that and was all "...what the fuck?".

Nah man, you're good you're good! I read into the murder though, apparently it happened during a quiz night with about 50 attendees...WHICH RESUMED AFTER THE BODY WAS TAKEN AWAY.

That's er...yeah. That's a thing.

There's no place like London...

Ah you see, London's quite a large city and very very dense; so areas can vary dramatically when only being a short walking distance. My town is proper boring, the only reason people know that it exists is because of a sitcom set here called Phoneshop, but Croydon nextdoor is infamous. London riots were in Croydon. Everything in Croydon is crap. Croydon is the UK's equivalent to dropping a pint in a crowded pub. The pub murder is possibly the most exciting thing that's happened in Sutton ever and it was over 20 years ago.

Makes sense. There's a Croydon in Melbourne, however it's not as violent as in London. Most of the negativity comes from idiots who like to brawl in pubs (or fast food joints) and drag race; not to mention some of the residents figure trash on their lawn is just as appealing as the natural bushland only a short drive away.
Come to think of it, that pretty much sums up most the crappier areas in Melbourne, except for the select suburbs where gang wars and random attacks occur. Ah, western civilization.

Weeeeeeeeell, I wouldn't call Croydon "violent" as a whole...it's totally and utterly crap, but I've yet to have any shit coming home from there late at night (not sure why, maybe I look like a hard bastard?)

[JuZ]

My two and a half year old son is currently obsessed with making up words (he's currently singing Baa Baa Black Sheep in gibberish).

This morning he turned to his little sister Delilah and said "Fucker Kathleen! Fucker Kathleen! Fuck! Fuck, Delilah! Fuck!"

I did my best not to react and he thankfully moved on to other gibberish.

I'd call a priest if I were you.

My two and a half year old son is currently obsessed with making up words (he's currently singing Baa Baa Black Sheep in gibberish).

This morning he turned to his little sister Delilah and said "Fucker Kathleen! Fucker Kathleen! Fuck! Fuck, Delilah! Fuck!"

I did my best not to react and he thankfully moved on to other gibberish.

Classic!

I don't really associate the other members of this forum with their usernames so much as I do with their pictures (visual learner), so it trips me up when there is an avatar change after a long period of it having previously been the same. Point in case: Bookwyrm. For a moment I thought some new member busted in here with 6000 posts in no time at all!

I'm dumb, and I'm glad to be back here with all you nut jobs.

Glad to make an impression.

Great story, Juz! Reminds me of when my little sister heard my mother swear (this was when she was four or so) and laid down the law by expressively diving her finger into her other hand and said "Momma, you can't say those words! You can't say bullshit, you can't say fuck it, you can't say-"
We cut her off there by reminding her that she can't say those words, either.

[JuZ]

That's hilarious! I can just imagine her telling her mum not to say bullshit, in a cute 4 year old voice.

The hard thing as a parent is to not laugh. Kids swearing is hilarious, but kids LOVE making their parents laugh, so it's the worst kind of encouragement!

[Keeker]

Reminds me of when my daughter was 2 years old and had spent way too much time out in the fields on the tractor with her Uncle Graham. She was standing in the kitchen sucking her dummy (pacifier, for the benefit of USA readers) when she dropped it on the floor. "Och, bugger it!" she fairly shouted as she bent to pick it up.